How much do tutors get paid?

seeker

Mon, Aug 03 2015, 9:59 pm

I have a degree as a specialist and plenty of experience, but I could never charge the higher amounts listed here because I just can't do that to parents. You're usually talking about a frequent/long-term arrangement, $100 per hour is going to be a lot! Maybe if I lived in the kind of place where people could afford that without blinking, but I can't imagine there are that many people in that category anywhere. To me, it comes down to whether I have the time (since tutoring always seems to be in demand at the same hours as mothering!) If I can do it, I'll do it reasonably. If I can't do it, no amount of money is going to pull me away from my family when they need me. But I'm not looking to take anyone's arm, leg, or firstborn.

Nowadays where I live the DOE is fairly generous with special ed services anyway, so most parents will make a case for a special ed tutor rather than pay out of pocket. Not sure where the demand for $100/hour tutors is coming from.

amother

Turquoise

Tue, Aug 04 2015, 1:02 am

seeker wrote:

You can work during the daytime when the kids are in school. I had my daughter (second grade) taken out of class twice a week. Paid $60 for 45 minute sessions. She has no degree, but was an experienced first grade teacher.

seeker

Tue, Aug 04 2015, 1:17 am

amother wrote:

Cool. In my experience, though, schools prefer to use their in-house resource room or whatever, or the DOE-funded SETSS. Which generally pays less, but as a provider I have been willing to take less money per hour in exchange for having a full caseload of hours at convenient times and locations. I doubt a tutor could rely on finding enough parents like you on a steady basis to make an income like that, but when you go through the DOE there are often many kids in the same school and because the parents don't have to pay, they're all ready and willing.

You can get $60+ through the DOE if you group kids together, but that presents its own complications and isn't always in the best interest of the child. There have been times when I tried it for my own sake but soon broke up the group because the kids really needed more individual attention. In the right district and with the right lawyer, parents can get an enhanced rate for SETSS by advocating that their child needs individual attention and the providers won't give it for the lower rate. So there we're talking about $100 an hour for a child with documented special needs to receive specialized services from a certified, master's-level special ed teacher.

I've gone way off topic but just musing about why I find some of these tutoring rates a little audacious. Though I do think you deserve more if you're giving up your evenings (though the DOE services can be done at any time, for the same rate; I just think I would justify charging more privately if you want a prime time. Same goes for the week/s before Regents, etc.)

amother

Powderblue

Tue, Aug 04 2015, 8:57 am

amother wrote:

Given the restraints of time how much do you think tutors can earn a year? If they get $100 an hour that's $200,000 if they are busy. Why would anyone teach in a classroom if tutoring pays so much more?

That figure isn't too realistic.... I think that comes to 38+ hours of tutoring every week of the year. With kids in school, camp, etc. there simply aren't enough available hours in the day.... never mind holidays, vacation, etc.

Nevertheless, tutors can certainly earn a great deal more than school teachers working far less hours.

mommy3b2c

Tue, Aug 04 2015, 8:58 am

amother wrote:

There's not to many tutoring jobs during the day. Tutoring is an evening job. I used to do it. I made good money. It is just to hard for me. I do it once in a while if someone begs me. I charge $65 an hour.

amother

Amethyst

Tue, Aug 04 2015, 9:53 am

amother wrote:

You are correct that my figure is full time. How much do you think a tutor can earn a year?

mha3484

Tue, Aug 04 2015, 12:26 pm

Also, outside of NY where special ed services are extremely generous, many children can benefit from extra assistance but do not qualify for special ed.

I grew up in a top public school district where I received a variety of special ed services from K-12 and I still went to a tutor once a week. It petered out in high school but she helped me a lot.

How does it work with kodesh? Can a child receive government funded special ed services for the hebrew part of the day or only the English?

amother

Rose

Tue, Aug 04 2015, 8:56 pm

I work as an SLP in a NYC public school in Brooklyn. We have excellent special ed and general ed teachers who do tutoring for 50$ per hour. I am not sure where these high hourly figures come from. They seem quite excessive to me. These are qualified, hard working and highly trained teachers who are used to working with a low income and bilingual population in a A rated top school in the district. The going rate is 50$ AND not 100$. If anyone is willing to take a professional who is not Jewish I can PM you with a teacher who can match your needs.

I am going amother because of identifying info.

amother

Lime

Tue, Aug 04 2015, 10:53 pm

In New York City, most tutoring is paid through the department of education, as follows:

http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices.....t.htm

September 18, 2013

SETSS Invoicing

The SETSS rate for services rendered on or after September 1, 2008 has been increased to $41.98 per hour. The DOE has a tiered rate system whereby the hourly rate increases as the size of the group increases. The new rates are as follows:
Group Size
1

2

3

4

5+

Premium

1.00 X

1.50 X

2.00 X

2.25 X

2.50X

Session Rate
$41.98

$62.97

$83.96

$94.45

$104.95

Please keep in mind that these are session rates, not student rates. Therefore, a one-hour session conducted with a group of two children will result in two invoices (one per child) billing $31.49 each (I.e., $62.97 divides by 2); a one hour session with a group of three children will result in three invoices (one per child) billing $27.99 each (I.e., $83.96 divided by 3), etc.